Chương 42: Chapter 42 Kushina: I've Found My Little Brother!

With time passed, the border mark gradually emerged, and Kumogakure's Shinobi, who had been worried, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hah, tonight is really dangerous!"

"Yeah! But fortunately, there was no danger."

"When I get back to the village, I must be drunk with her for a day and a night!"

Seeing this, Kukie also spoke, "I already said it is impossible that we are exposed! Look, there's not even a chaser, right?"

The Shinobi who covered his mouth before said angrily, "I told you not to say such things..."

But before he could finish speaking, his eyes lost their luster.

Before anyone could react, Uzumaki Kushina was held by Asuma and he then threw her away.

And Sōseki took advantage of this gap and threw his shuriken, cutting the rope that bound Kushina's hands with great precision.

'I didn't expect that someone would really come to rescue me!' Kushina fell to the ground, and the sudden pain stimulated her to return to her sense.

Although she had been working hard to left trails before, in fact, she did not think that someone would come to save her because of she is just an outsider.

But unexpectedly, the fantasy turned into reality.

Looking up, two little boys entered her line of sight.

"Did these two children save me?"

At this time, Kumogakure's Shinobi also returned to their sense one after another.

'It turned out to be a Genjutsu!' After noticing what happened, the leader felt chills in his heart, and was also frightened for a while. 'Fortunately, the other party chose to save the target first, otherwise, this time I really wouldn't even know how I die!'

"Hmm?" Kukie woke up with a dazed expression. After seeing the two attackers, he shouted in disbelief. "It's you two little brats!"

Listening to him shouting like this, the others quickly calmed down and looked towards the surroundings, and then felt ecstatic in their hearts.

"Only these two little brats? Where's Konoha's Anbu?"

Kushina also reacted and asked in a jerky tone, "Is it just the two of you?"

But soon, she ridiculed herself, "That's right, only a child like you who wouldn't mind saving a disgusting outsider like me."

"How can a kind person be disgusting?" Sōseki, who was giving Kushina a temporary treatment, said softly.

"Kind?" Kushina was dumbfounded, as it was the first time she heard someone praise her like that.

Sōseki nodded and said, "When I was treating you, I found out that you have a very terrifying power in your body. If it wasn't for suppressing this power, you should be able to defeat them easily."

"In order to not threaten the people around you, you would rather be hurt by others. Such a person must be very kind!"

Hearing this, Kushina's nose was sore that she almost shed tears.

When she was a child, she has experienced the destruction of her homeland, bullied by her classmates, and discrimination from the others. She was even brought to Konoha as a container. So, this is the first time she has received such recognition.

In this split second, she made a firm resolution, 'I've found my little brother!'

Seeing that Soseki and their mission target were chatting like they're not here, the Kumogakure's Shinobi felt that they have been seriously insulted.

With new hatred added with the old hatred, Kukie rubbed his wrist and said with a malicious smile, "You two annoying little brats have finally fallen into my hands!"

Kushina returned to her sense and stood in front of Sōseki protectively, "Aren't you trying to catch me? I won't resist, but you must let them go."

At this moment, Kukie said agitatedly, "Captain, that brat is Sandaime Hokage's son. Now that we are on the border, we don't have to worry about Konoha's revenge anymore!"

Hearing what Kukie said, Kushina also looked in surprise, "He is... old man Sarutobi's son?"

The leader seemed a little tangled. If he really caught the son of Sandaime Hokage, wouldn't it cause the Third Shinobi World War to happen?

How could he, a small-fry Chunin, make such a decision that might change the situation of the Shinobi World?

After taking a few deep breaths, the madness in Kumogakure's Shinobi's bones finally affected him, "Let's do it!"

Hearing this, the other Kumogakure's Shinobi shouted excitedly. After all, this is Sandaime Hokage's son, and he definitely worth more than that of Uzumaki Clan's orphan!

Asuma was confused and didn't say a word. 'Why did they suddenly target me?'

However, he was not afraid, and even got excited, "Hmph! It's still too early for you trash Shinobi to deal with this Asuma-sama!"

"Sōseki, let us show these guys our strength!"

'Is his name Sōseki?' Kushina looked towards Sōseki with concern, and her eyes are full of worry.

At this moment, several Kumogakure's Shinobi have already rushed up.

In their opinion, how powerful can two little brats be, so they just felt that they need to be careful with the previous Genjutsu.

On the other side, Sōseki and Asuma also acted in tacit cooperation.

Sōseki quickly formed hand seals with both hands, while Asuma threw all of his shuriken at once.

"Why are there so many shuriken?"

"Damn, this little brat is so rich!"

The Kumogakure's Shinobi are depressed when they saw this. Although their opponent's throwing technique is very amateurish, the number of the shuriken is not low, so they can't ignore it with their strength.

Ding—ding—

Amidst a series of metal collisions, the shuriken quickly fell to the ground, but that was enough!

Genjutsu: Sly Mind Affect Technique!

"Huh? Where are the others?" The leader suddenly realized that a cliff appeared in front of him inexplicably, which made him stop instantly.

But at this moment, the instincts that has been nurtured in his years of Shinobi's life made him feel alarmed.

Genjutsu: Kai!

After forcibly disrupting the flow of chakra in his body, the leader finally wakes up.

Then, he feels a hot wind blowing into my face.

The leader took a closer look and saw a huge fireball crackling all the way towards him.

"Damn!" Before he could scold more, the leader hurriedly rolled aside.

"Pui!" After spitting out a mouthful of grass, the leader that was covered in dirt was a little stunned when he saw the scorched black marks on the ground.

'Isn't Great Fireball Technique a Chunin-level Ninjutsu? How could a six or seven-year-old kid be so proficient at using it?'

'No, there is also C-Rank Genjutsu, Sly Mind Affect Technique!' The leader glanced at his companions who seemed to be moving around like headless flies, and cursed again in his heart, 'The other brat is a monster among monsters. He was even be able to use this Genjutsu in such scale that everyone was caught in it!'

'If all of Konoha's Shinobi are such monsters, how did we, Kumogakure persist for several years before losing the war?'

Even Kushina was secretly shocked. This little brother who she unilaterally adopts seems to be a little too strong!'

At least, at Sōseki's age, she definitely didn't have that kind of strength.

(A/N: Why not kill the enemy first? Reason 1: Unless all the enemies are killed in an instant, the hostage will still be in danger; Reason 2: Sōseki is here to gain favorability, so the first priority is naturally to make the other party feel that Sōseki attaches importance to her.